Eagles Sign All-State Guard Ivan Dorsey from City College of San Francisco

Apr 11, 2012

Former teammate of Collin Chiverton averaged 13 points per game
in leading Rams to 27-3 record

City College of San Francisco All-State guard Ivan
Dorsey, a former and future teammate of Collin
Chiverton, has signed a letter of intent to attend Eastern
Washington University and play for the Eagles in the 2012-13
season, EWU head coach Jim Hayford has
announced.

The 6-foot, 180-pound Dorsey averaged 12.9 points in leading the
Rams to a 27-3 record in the 2011-12 season. As a freshman, he and
Chiverton helped CCSF to the 2010-11 California Community Colleges
Athletic Association title and finish 32-1. Chiverton, who will be
a senior next year for EWU, was the Big Sky Conference Newcomer of
the Year in the 2011-12 season after helping the Eagles finish
15-17 overall and 8-8 in the league in Hayford’s first year
at the helm.

Thus, the hot-shooting Dorsey was on the winning end of 54 of 59
games in junior college. He is a 2010 graduate of Riordan High
School in San Francisco.

“We need winning players, great shooters and quickness.
Ivan brings all three on the court,” said Hayford. “Off
the court he is a solid person and dedicated student. I look
forward to coaching Ivan the next two years.”

As a sophomore at CCSF, Dorsey was a first team All-State
selection as picked by the California Community College Athletic
Association (cccaasports.org). The CCCAA also selected him to the
All-Coast Conference (North Division) squad.

He made 51 percent of his shots from the field (128-of-253),
including 64-of-137 3-point shots for 46.7 percent. He also sank
40-of-48 free throws for 83 percent.

Dorsey scored in double figures 22 times, including four games
with at least 20 points. In those four games combined, he made 74
percent of his shots from the field, including 18-of-25 3-point
shots for 72 percent. He scored 26 points on 9-of-13 shooting from
the field and 4-of-5 from the 3-point arc in his team’s
season-opening 82-73 victory over eventual State Champion Fresno
City College. He also had 25 points on season-high 7-of-9 3-point
shooting in an 86-45 win over San Jose City College.

San Francisco was the No. 1-ranked junior college team in
California before falling 76-70 at home in overtime in the playoffs
to Cabrillo. That loss snapped a 23-game winning streak for the
Rams, who won the Coast-North title with a perfect 12-0 mark. A
year earlier, San Francisco finished the season with a 27-game
winning streak, and was a perfect 12-0 to win the Coast-North
title.

As a freshman, Dorsey had 15 double-digit scoring games. He
scored 14 points off the bench in a semifinal win in the playoffs
against Saddleback College.

Dorsey left Riordan High School as the school’s record
holder in 3-pointers made and 3-point percentage. As a senior, he
led the West Catholic Athletic League in scoring with an average of
nearly 22 points per game. He earned first team All-WCAL honors and
was recognized as first team All-City in San Francisco.

He averaged 21.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game as
a senior. He scored 38 points in a 73-48 win over Righetti and had
37 in a 72-71 victory against University. Dorsey had two other
performances of at least 30 points, and a total of 13 games with at
least 20. He sank six 3-pointers on three different occasions for
the Crusaders, who finished the season 13-15.

As a junior, he averaged 11.9 points per game with a high of 22
on two occasions.

Dorsey was born Feb. 13, 1992, in San Francisco. He grew up five
minutes from CCSF campus and is the son of Larry Dorsey. He intends
on majoring in communications at EWU.